City of Shards
Siddhartha Deb : Fiction
Elias Khoury and the literature of witness.
2008
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The Searchers
Moustafa Bayoumi : Middle East
Tribalism is in vogue among conservative Middle East scholars. But a better understanding comes from investigating regional ties rather than sectarian divisions.
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Bush's Islamist Enemies List
Mohamad Bazzi : Middle East
By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
2007
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Lebanon's Bloody Summer
Rocked by violence and sectarian hatred, Lebanon faces its presidential elections in paralysis, bound to a political system that's no longer viable and stymied over what kind of country it wants to be.
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Sect Symbols
To understand why the playground of Beirut has again become a battleground, look beyond the myth-making biographies of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Blowback in Lebanon
Mohamad Bazzi : US Foreign Policy
One big and underreported reason for Lebanon's slide toward civil war is blowback from Iraq. Fearing the sectarian bloodbath in Iraq and Iran's growing regional influence, Lebanese Sunnis are lashing out.
2006
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People's Revolt in Lebanon
By empowering the dispossessed, Hezbollah has become a formidable force that is threatening the US-backed Lebanese government.
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The UN After Lebanon
The UN's mixed record on the war in Lebanon proves we should lower our expectations of what it can meaningfully achieve.
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Israel Lobby Watch
The Human Rights Watch reports that were sharply critical of Israel's killing of civilians in Lebanon represent the latest battle for Jewish hearts and minds in the ideological war over the Middle East.
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Lebanon: Resolve in the Ruins
As people in Southern Lebanon return to claim the dead and clear the rubble from villages ravaged in the recent fighting, it is clear that the battle for hearts and minds is being won by Hezbollah.
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Cedar Devolution
The UN cease-fire in Lebanon demands the impossible: a Lebanese state capable of both disarming Hezbollah and protecting the south from renewed Israeli attacks.
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Fallout in Israel
Israel's war with Hezbollah may have strengthened the hand of the Israeli right, which has forgotten that peace comes only by negotiating with those you do not trust.
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Israel's Dangerous War in Lebanon
Eric Alterman appears on Larry King Live August 1, 2006 to explain why US Jews should oppose Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Lessons Learned
As a tentative ceasefire takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the world--and the United States in particular--should ponder lessons learned and the price we will pay for our role in the conflict.
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Cease-Fire and Frustration
After thirty-one days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and more than 1,000 dead, the United Nations has finally passed a cease-fire. Now what?
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Crisis in Lebanon
: Israel
The inactivity of the Bush Administration on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is armchair warfare against the interests of all. For peace, we must press for an immediate cease-fire.
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Israeli Doves Challenge the War
According to the Western media, most Israelis, including leading peace advocates, support the ongoing war in Lebanon. But Israeli doves are beginning to speak out. Will it make a difference?
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Dreams Deferred in Lebanon
The wounds of the country's long civil war and Israeli occupation were gradually healing. That fragile recovery now lies buried under the rubble of renewed fighting.
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The Fractured Mideast
Bush's Mideast strategy of inaction is a dangerous failure. He must act diplomatically to achieve a cease-fire, prisoner exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands.
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Nasrallah's Game
To some observers, the attacks orchestrated by Sheik Sayed Hassan Nasrallah that detonated Israel's ruthless assault on Lebanon look like a death wish--but it's almost impossible to defeat someone who has no fear of death.
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The UN's Mideast Mission
The United Nations can be a useful tool in settling the current crisis in Lebanon and Gaza, but only with US support. It is up to President Bush to get on the phone to Ehud Olmert and tell him to stop.
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Open Mike, Closed Mind
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Bush's boorish comments at the G-8 summit revealed more than his ignorance of the Mideast: His policies have made the US a helpless bystander as the entire region burns.
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Fear and Shopping in Beirut
As Lebanon braces for a descent into an all-too-familiar chaos, fear, anger and the quest for comfort have sent Beirutis to the streets in search of bread and someone to blame for destroying their hope for a sane future.
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Too High a Price
: Israel
The spreading violence in Lebanon and Gaza demonstrate that the collective punishment of the Palestinian and Lebanese people is not only inhumane and should be condemned but also leads to more radicalization and to more chaos.
2005
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From Beirut to Damascus
Charles Glass : US Military Presence Abroad
Four works trace the intertwined history of Lebanon and Syria and the interplay of political radicalism, military strength and miseries of war and murderous political intrigue.
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)
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